When Dr. Pothier ends class, it typically isn't anything out of the ordinary or spectacular. Most of the time she will just review any big goings on in the class for the next week or so (e.g. exam dates or lab write-ups due). As a matter of fact, most times I observe the class, the students have typically been up and walking around working on a lab or working together somehow. So by the time the end of class rolls around she just rounds everyone up and gives them a quick recap, then a minute or so later the bell will ring. So I noticed that what was done in the class doesn't have a very strong impact on how she ends the class.
Reflections:
I never really gave too much thought to how or why an ending to the class could have an important impact. I would want the students to be able to walk out the door and be able to remember what they did in class that day a week or two weeks later. There are only two ways that I can think of that would be able to achieve this. The first would be giving them a memorable experience. That could be difficult to do every single day of class. The other option seems to be make the ending rememberable. How does one achieve this? I don't think that telling them what they have due in the upcoming week is an effective way of getting them to remember what happened in class that day. I don't know how I would be able to facilitate an exciting end to class every day. The answer is probably something unique to each class, I wouldn't be able to think of something to apply to the end of a lesson until I knew what my lesson was going to be.
Class Topic: Using a Buret
Grade: 11
Observed by: Steve Cannici
Observations:
When Dr. Pothier ends class, it typically isn't anything out of the ordinary or spectacular. Most of the time she will just review any big goings on in the class for the next week or so (e.g. exam dates or lab write-ups due). As a matter of fact, most times I observe the class, the students have typically been up and walking around working on a lab or working together somehow. So by the time the end of class rolls around she just rounds everyone up and gives them a quick recap, then a minute or so later the bell will ring. So I noticed that what was done in the class doesn't have a very strong impact on how she ends the class.Reflections:
I never really gave too much thought to how or why an ending to the class could have an important impact. I would want the students to be able to walk out the door and be able to remember what they did in class that day a week or two weeks later. There are only two ways that I can think of that would be able to achieve this. The first would be giving them a memorable experience. That could be difficult to do every single day of class. The other option seems to be make the ending rememberable. How does one achieve this? I don't think that telling them what they have due in the upcoming week is an effective way of getting them to remember what happened in class that day. I don't know how I would be able to facilitate an exciting end to class every day. The answer is probably something unique to each class, I wouldn't be able to think of something to apply to the end of a lesson until I knew what my lesson was going to be.Class Topic: Using a Buret
Grade: 11
Observed by: Steve Cannici